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The Garveys Are Falling Apart In ‘Bad Sisters’ Season 2, Episode 6
Ian helps the sisters cover their tracks, bringing him closer to Eva but further into Houlihan's spotlight.
‘Shrinking’ Season 2, Episode 10 Is A Sucker Punch Of Raw Emotion
Watching an episode of Shrinking is hard work, sometimes. Here I was thinking that Episode 10 of Season 2, “Changing Patterns”, was an exclusively positive installment. It...
‘Get Millie Black’ Reveals The True Villain In Episode 3
It might be a bit of a cliché that the white guy has turned out to be the villain in Get Millie Black, but this...
‘Poppa’s House’ Episode 7 Blessedly Focuses More On Poppa and Ivy
It took seven weeks, but Poppa’s House finally has a premise I can relate to — Poppa has a bad back. His sciatica has flared up and...
‘Secret Level’ Recap – Our Take On Every Episode Of Amazon’s Anthology
Amazon’s anthological series Secret Level is pretty unprecedented as far as such things go – a collection of animated video-game-inspired short films released in two...
Carol Becomes The Focus In ‘Brilliant Minds’ Episode 11
Carol has been a reliable but underutilized presence in Brilliant Minds thus far, so it’s nice that Episode 11, “The Other Woman”, puts her firmly at the...
The Best and Most Talked-About Moments from ‘Lioness’ Season 2 (Ranked)
One thing that amazes me about Lioness Season 2 is how it silenced the critics following Season 1. The second season has many talking points...
‘Yellowstone’ Season 5 Blows Its Penultimate Episode On Sappy, Out-Of-Character Nonsense
It’s easy to forget how good Yellowstone was at its peak because Season 5 is euthanizing it in record time. I suppose that’s grimly ironic...
‘Dune: Prophecy’ Gets A Bit Too Dense For Its Own Good In Season 1, Episode 4
Dune: Prophecy is a lot better when Desmond Hart is around, isn’t it? I suggested that in my recap of the previous episode, which brushed...
It’s Almost A Complete Mission Failure In The ‘Lioness’ Season 2 Finale
At one point in the Lioness Season 2 finale, the American military broke down Iran’s military capabilities for at least five minutes to the QRF...
‘Earth Abides’ Introduces A Little Hope In Episode 2
The premiere of Earth Abides was, in a word, bleak. And that set my expectations for Episode 2, “The Space Between”, which to be fair...
‘Landman’ Finally Gets Going And Introduces Real Conflict In Episode 5
“Where Is Home” is one of those episodes you sometimes get in a Taylor Sheridan show where everything just goes to Hell. And Landman needed to go...
‘That Christmas’ Review – Heartwarming Themes, but Misses the Magic
My heart was so excited and tender for the animated Netflix movie That Christmas, and it took all five minutes for it to flop and...
What Does The Ending of Netflix’s ‘Mary’ Mean? Here’s The Christian Perspective
To me, the ending of Netflix’s Mary is summed up within the final few minutes of the movie. Herod the Evil King has been abandoned...
A Christian Perspective on Netflix’s ‘Mary’
As a later-in-life Christian, I felt confused and anxious when the credits rolled for Netflix’s biblical movie Mary. I immediately ran to my computer to...
‘The Agency’ Continues To Be A Drag In Episode 3
I’m still not convinced by The Agency. In Episode 3, “Hawk From A Handsaw”, it gets so gratingly serious and so obvious and reiterative about...
‘Silo’ Season 2 Ratchets Up The Drama With A Shocking Death In Episode 4
In most shows, Rebecca Ferguson doing an extended high-pressure underwater sequence like it’s Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation all over again would be the standout...
‘Before’ Is Even More Pointless Than Ever In Episode 8
Before hasn’t exactly been riveting throughout, but Episode 8 is a collection of its very worst qualities. Running under 25 minutes, delivering no new information,...